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There was a sense of d?j? vu surrounding the announcement by the U.S.'s National Institutes of Health (NIH) in March that it had called a halt to a major study of the health effects of long-term estrogen use. Wasn't it already known that hormone-replacement therapy, when administered for more than a couple of years, was a bad idea...
...cough comes along, it's like someone stepping on the hose. Having a strong platform beneath it--a sidewalk as opposed to a soggy lawn--stops the flow. Kegel contractions strengthen the platform but must be done correctly to work. Good instructions can be found online at www.nlm .nih gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003975.htm...
There was a sense of deja vu surrounding the announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week that it had called a halt to a major study of the health effects of long-term estrogen use. Didn't we already know that hormone-replacement therapy, when administered for more than a couple of years, was a bad idea...
Well, yes and no. Two years ago, the NIH cut short the part of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study that looked at the long-term use of a combination treatment including estrogen and progestin. Reason: women in the study were showing increased risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer. Last week's announcement concerns estrogen alone, which, it turns out, slightly increases a woman's risk of stroke but not of heart disease or breast cancer...
...must spend to come up with new drugs, it is slow to acknowledge the contributions of the Federal Government and American taxpayers. Universities, foundations, researchers and congressional committees have concluded for years that many major drugs owe their origins to research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute and other public agencies. A report by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress in 2000, then headed by Republican Senator Connie Mack of Florida, summed it up: "The Federal Government, mainly through the NIH, funds about 36% of all U.S. medical research ... Of the 21 most important...